|
Post by HollyH on Jun 28, 2013 9:42:37 GMT -5
June 28, 1968 -- The Kinks release a new single in the UK -- "Days" / "She's Got Everything," which will eventually reach #10 in the UK charts.
This chart success adds importance to the final ruling handed down today, in the court case of Denmark Productions v. Boscobel Productions. The judges rule that because Larry Page abandoned the Kinks during their US tour in 1965, Denmark is no longer entitled to a piece of the Kinks' earnings, and money held in escrow is finally released to the Kinks.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jun 29, 2013 10:47:00 GMT -5
June 29, 1973 -- The Kinks release their first UK single from the Preservation Act 1 LP -- a double-A-side "Sitting in the Midday Sun" / "One of the Survivors." "A lazy summer sound," Melody Maker says admiringly, while NME scoffs at it as "lightweight." With Ray recently hospitalized for barbiturate poisoning -- a reaction to his wife Rasa's moving out -- the band does nothing to promote the single and it does not chart.
When it is released in the US in August, the B-side will be switched to "Sweet Lady Genevieve," a newly recorded song that Ray has written to win back Rasa's affections. The song fails on both counts -- it does not hit the charts, and Rasa does not come back to Ray.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 1, 2013 0:22:57 GMT -5
June 30, 1979 -- With the departure of keyboardist Gordon Edwards, and the start of their US Low Budget tour looming, the Kinks need to find a new keyboard player -- and quick. Today Ian Gibbons, who has been playing with the Records, comes to Konk for an audition. After he plays with the band for a bit, he is given a tape of Kinks songs to learn and asked to come back tomorrow for proper rehearsals.
By July 5th, he's on his way to America as a full-fledged Kink.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 1, 2013 0:23:34 GMT -5
June 30, 1979 -- With the departure of keyboardist Gordon Edwards, and the start of their US Low Budget tour looming, the Kinks need to find a new keyboard player -- and quick. Today Ian Gibbons, who has been playing with the Records, comes to Konk for an audition. After he plays with the band for a bit, he is given a tape of Kinks songs to learn and asked to come back tomorrow for proper rehearsals. By July 5th, he's on his way to America as a full-fledged Kink. One of the best decisions Ray ever made.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 1, 2013 0:25:11 GMT -5
July 1, 1981 -- Dave Davies releases his second solo album, Glamour, in the US, where it will hit #152 on the LP charts. Except for Bob Henrit's drumming, all the instruments on the album are played by Dave himself. " A solo tour de force," says Rolling Stone.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 3, 2013 11:27:54 GMT -5
July 2, 1965 -- On their first tour of America, in Los Angeles the Kinks lip-synch six songs to be aired on two segments of the ABC afternoon music show "Where the Action Is," produced by American Bandstand's Dick Clark. Backstage, a union official from AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) harasses Dave Davies to sign a contract, and badgers the Kinks continually. Finally Ray Davies punches him -- one more incident leading to the Kinks' eventual US ban.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 3, 2013 11:29:15 GMT -5
July 3, 1969 -- Ray Davies and Robert Wace meet with Reprise Records executives in Burbank, California, to plan the coming autumn's tour, the Kinks' return to America. Reprise has hired writer John Mendelsohn -- an avowed Kinks fanatic -- as a consultant. They lay out the God Save the Kinks PR campaign, including a promo LP (titled Then Now and Inbetween) to reacquaint the American press with the Kinks' catalog.
Afterward, they have lunch with acerbic singer-songwriter Randy Newman.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 9, 2013 10:00:51 GMT -5
July 4, 1989 -- DJs Scott Muni and Dennis Elsis of WNEW-FM in New York City give their listeners an exclusive world premiere -- the first leaked track off the Kinks new album UK Jive, "How Do I Get Close." Execs for the Kinks' record label, MCA, protest that the song is not yet cleared for airplay, and it will not be heard again until the LP is released in October.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 9, 2013 10:01:24 GMT -5
July 4, 1989 -- DJs Scott Muni and Dennis Elsis of WNEW-FM in New York City give their listeners an exclusive world premiere -- the first leaked track off the Kinks new album UK Jive, "How Do I Get Close." Execs for the Kinks' record label, MCA, protest that the song is not yet cleared for airplay, and it will not be heard again until the LP is released in October. And not often after that, either!
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 9, 2013 10:02:28 GMT -5
July 5, 1967 -- Dave Davies' first solo single, "Death of a Clown" / "Love Me Till the Sun Shines," is released in the UK. (Its US release will follow in early August.) It will climb to #3 on the UK charts, making it necessary for Dave to reassure the public that his solo success does not mean the end of the Kinks.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 9, 2013 10:03:14 GMT -5
July 6, 1965 -- Toward the end of their first US tour -- which is turning out to be a disaster -- the Kinks get a respite with a stop in Hawaii, where the band performs two shows today, including a special afternoon concert for US Army personnel. Tomorrow will be a day off on the beach in Waikiki, which Ray Davies later cites as his best holiday ever -- inspiring him to write the song "Holiday in Waikiki."
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 9, 2013 10:04:15 GMT -5
July 7, 1941 -- James Walter Rodford is born in St. Albans, England.
In 1964 he will help his cousin Rod Argent found the Zombies, although he never becomes a member of the band; he will later join Rod in the band Argent, which will become known as Phoenix when Rod Argent leaves.
In 1978, he will replace John Dalton as the new bassist for the Kinks and will stay with the band up through the 1990s, making him the longest-serving non-original Kink.
After the Kinks stop performing, Rodford will play in a latter-day incarnation of the Animals, in the re-formed Zombies, and in the Kast Off Kinks.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 9, 2013 10:04:56 GMT -5
July 8, 1966 -- With their substitute bassist John Dalton on board, and Dave Davies finally recovered from a brief physical breakdown, the Kinks -- with their single "Sunny Afternoon" at #1 in the charts -- set off on their second tour of Ireland. They begin tonight with two dates in Northern Ireland, one in Belfast and a second midnight show in Portstewart.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 9, 2013 10:05:55 GMT -5
July 9, 1980 -- Dave Davies' first solo album, AFL 1-3603, is released in the US, where it will jump to #50 in the album charts. When it is released in September in the UK, it will be be given a new album cover and renamed with the rather uninspired title Dave Davies.
|
|
|
Post by HollyH on Jul 10, 2013 9:11:54 GMT -5
July 10, 1979 -- The Kinks release their new album, Low Budget -- which was largely recorded in New York City -- in the US (the UK release is set for September). Surging up to #11 in the charts, it will become the Kinks' highest-charting US album, if you don't count the 1966 "catch-up" compilation LP The Kinks Greatest Hits.
|
|